HB 350 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

EDUCATION: Provides for students at École Pointe-au-Chien (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)

HB 350 creates École Pointe-au-Chien as a public French immersion school serving students in pre-kindergarten through fourth grade in Terrebonne Parish. The bill establishes the school as independent from state education boards, operating under its own board of directors. It specifies the school’s grade levels and location while requiring French immersion instruction as part of its curriculum. This directly affects students enrolled at École Pointe-au-Chien and its governing board.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

May 2026

House Passage

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 24, 2026 Last action May 25, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB350 Reengrossed → HB350 Engrossed · 3 edits · Apr 27, 2026

MINOR

The bill was re-engrossed to remove a requirement for a specific legislative appropriation to trigger the law's effectiveness. The text was also cleaned up to remove duplicate headers and a summary of committee amendments that were no longer relevant to the final version.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding the school's grade levels remains unchanged, as the digest note indicating an increase from four to eight grades was present in both versions.

TIMELINE

Removed the requirement that the law only becomes effective after the legislature appropriates specific funds for its implementation.

TECHNICAL

Deleted the 'Summary of Amendments Adopted by House' section and related committee notes that explained previous changes to the bill.

Removed redundant header text and formatting artifacts from the document.

Floor votes · House Apr 27, 2026

How they voted

99–0

Passed · 6 other

Total votes 105

Apr 27, 2026

D Democratic33

29 Yea 4

87% Yea

R Republican72

70 Yea 2

97% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

May 25, 2026

Committee

Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

upper

May 21, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

Apr 27, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Apr 21, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported with amendments (19-0).

lower

Mar 25, 2026

Committee

Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

lower

Mar 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (12-0).

lower

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.

lower

Feb 24, 2026

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.

lower

1 primary · 3 co-sponsors